Oxford

Date: nd

By: Denne, Archibald, Harry, 1900-1972

Reference: MS-Papers-10887

Description: Includes reference to his teaching at Taihape and Oxford, experiences in Maori schools in the Northland and on the East Coast, relations with Sir Apirana Ngata and others, and experiences in Fijian and Chatham Island schools. Includes some sketch maps of the areas mentioned Denne was an inspector of Maori schools 1933-1937, inspector of schools 1938-1947 and senior inspector of schools in Hawke Bay 1947-1948 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (85 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - One cartoon entitled `AHD inspects the sewing'.

Date: ca 1890s

Reference: PAColl-7440

Description: A tennis court; in the distance a group of men and women on a playing field in front of a grandstand; and people leaning against a fence in front of a grandstand with horses being led past at the start of a race. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1911

By: Laugesen, Christian Louis, 1841-1915

Reference: Micro-MS-0559

Description: Reminiscences, 1872-1911, of Danish sawmiller at Oxford, Canterbury; refers to conditions of agricultural labourers, to economic difficulties of settlers and to European migrants in the Oxford area. Describes travel through both islands from 1890 and later residence in Auckland. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (58 pages).

Date: 1903-1911

By: Bayliss, Elizabeth, active 1999; Keall, Robert Purcell, active 1900s

Reference: PAColl-6057

Description: Photographs taken by the Reverend Robert Purcell Keall ca 1903-1911 when stationed in different parts of New Zealand as a Methodist minister. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-181231-G to 1/2-181286-G Quantity: 56 b&w original negative(s). Provenance: The Reverend Robert Purcell Keall was the grandfather of the donor.

Date: 1872-1979

By: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Chrischurch, N.Z.)

Reference: Micro-MS-0886

Description: Microfilm of the first archives book of St Paul's Lutheran Church, Christchurch Accompanying material - Index Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (ca 160 p). Finding Aids: Index available at 87-191-1. Photographs of churches and members of congregations

Date: 1883-1913

By: Langton, Bennet Rothes, 1840-1925

Reference: MS-Papers-0223

Description: Record of the development of The Warren Station near Oxford, Canterbury. Papers include annual accounts and progress reports, and outlines of any problems or policy matters requiring Bennet Langton's decision. Source of title - Supplied title Bennet Rothes Langton, of Spilsby Hall, Lincolnshire, England, acquired The Warren sheep station from Charlotte Lee, who had inherited it on the death of the former owner George William Henry Lee. It was administered through his solicitors and managed by Frederick Crowe. Quantity: 11 folder(s). 0.11 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and medals Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 20 November 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile.. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs of the run and stud sheep.

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Meyer, E W, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2305-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across a paddock [possibly a turnip field] to a single-storeyed farmhouse in the middle distance centre left; flock of sheep in the paddock to the left of the house. Car parked on a drive on the left; trees behind the house, and outbuildings on a slight slope on the right. Several horses and cows in paddocks on the right, haystacks also. Hills and mountains, some snow-capped in the background on the right. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Riverlea" 1925; Marginal notes on negative - E.W Meyer "Riverlea" 1925. Oxford. Red roof, white house. 1 oils. 2 B&W; Marginal notes on negative - 3 3 3 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 109.2 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Baxter, Alexander, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2304-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across a sweeping lawn with a circular drive around to a single-storeyed farmhouse in the centre. Highly decorative rounded arch over the entrance porch, bull-nosed verandah on three sides, decorative trim along the top of the verandah. Separate conservatory on the right with flowers visible through the panes. Several beds of roses, specimen trees in the lawn, climbers by the porch. Long line of macrocarpas across the background, paddocks on the far left. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Currilea" 1925; Marginal notes on negative - A. Baxter. Oxford. Title "Currilea" 1925. 6 B&W. Print from cabbage trees to cabbage trees if possible Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 127.3 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Lassen, E, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2308-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across a paddock [possibly a turnip field] which runs across the image. A single-storeyed farmhouse with outbuildings and stands of trees are seen in the middle distance centre left. Flock of sheep to the left of the house. Hills and mountains in the background, some snow-capped. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Source of descriptive information - Date from a number of other images taken in the same location by Robert Percy Moore Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - E. Lassen. Oxford. 3 oils. red roof. Make outbuildings look nice. Print from sheep on left; Marginal notes on negative - 4 4 4 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 114.2 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Skurr, Ed, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2306-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across a field towards a large single-storeyed wooden farmhouse, tiled roof, with Arts and Crafts features. Separated from the field and a drive by a fence, the drive leading to outbuildings on the right. Car parked on the far side of a lawn on the left of the house. Windmill behind on the right, stands of shelter belt trees, haystack near the buildings on the far right. Hills in the background, some on the left snow-capped. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Silverstream" 1925; Marginal notes on negative - E. Skurr. Oxford. 2 B&W. 1 oils. Title "Silverstream" 1925. Red tile roof. Cream house. Black car. Red outbuildings & iron buildings. Slight snow on hills. Light tussock hills Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 108.8 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Oxford County (N.Z.). County Council

Reference: Pan-2313-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down from a rough hillside in the foreground across flat farmland, paddocks separated by hedgerows. Houses surrounded by trees mostly seen across the middle of the image in the middle distance. A river [the Waimakariri?] with hills behind in the right background. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Panorama of Oxford & District. 1925; Marginal notes on negative - Panorama of Oxford & District 1925. County Council, Oxford. 3 B&W; Marginal notes on negative - 10 10 10 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 108.7 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Judson, Richard E, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2312-F

Description: Panoramic view showing a single-storeyed wooden farmhouse centre left. Garden furniture and pot plants are seen on a verandah at the front entrance, pergola over the path with climbing roses by the front door. Shrubs and flower beds around the lawn and around the base of the house. An unidentified man (possibly Mr Judson) is standing in a paddock with a herd of cattle on the far right. Paddocks up to the foothills on the right, hills partly bush-clad and partly snow-capped in the background on the right. River valley and river flats on the far left. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Glencoe" 1925; Marginal notes on negative - R.E. Judson "Glencoe" 1925 Oxford. 2 B&W; Marginal notes on negative - 12 12 12 12 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 115.4 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Henderson, Alexander, 1866-

Reference: Pan-2311-F

Description: Panoramic view looking up an unsealed driveway across a wide paddock in the foreground. Single-storeyed farmhouse mostly hidden in trees is seen in the centre middle distance at the foot of high hills, outbuildings to the left. Small flock of sheep by a hedge on the far left. Trees across the image include bare basket willows and poplars, and coniferous trees around the house. Paddocks seen through trees; hills, in part with pasture and in part snow-capped, in the background. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "The Grange" Oxford; Marginal notes on negative - Alex Henderson "The Grange" Oxford 1925. 1 oils. 2 B&W. Red roof. Autumn tints; Marginal notes on negative - 11 11 11 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 112.0 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Gorton, Frederick John, 1892-1986

Reference: Pan-2314-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across a tussocky paddock running across the foreground of the image. House hidden amongst high coniferous trees in the centre left middle distance, with a large flock of sheep aound a farm building in front of the trees. A car parked on a field in middle distance on the far left. Cultivated fields in the right middle distance. Snow covered mountains in the background. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - F. Gorton. Oxford. 2 oils. 2 B&W. Print from car on left. Tussock foreground, same as Tongariro Nat. Park. On extreme right very heavy green, almost black; Marginal notes on negative - 7 7 7 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 112.0 cm

Date: 2006-2007

From: La Plante, Steven, fl 2001-2015: Photographs of war memorials

Reference: PAColl-10421-08

Description: Photographic prints showing war memorials for WWI and WWII, in various localities in the South Island. Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s) (Resin coated silver gelatin prints).

Date: 10 Jul 2011

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-11684-45

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by R.E. Judson Ltd; family and farm history; land documents. Original owner was James Judson, who acquired 2600 acres in 1900. In 2012 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1992, 1998, [1970s-1990s]

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11722

Description: Transparencies of houses in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name or brief description, and/or the location, of the house. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Title transcribed from item. Many slides are not dated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case labelled 'South Island Houses'. The arrangement was by location of house, approximately from North to South, from back to front then from left to right. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1863-1907

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-q-1135

Description: News and personal photographs, taken and collected by J L Wilson, featuring North Canterbury 1864-1907, predominantly dated 1880s-1900s. Homesteads, houses, and churches include: Beauthorne (Kaiapoi), with Wilson family group in garden, including Joseph Lowthian, Thomas, Leonard, and Estelle; Glenmark (interiors and exterior views); Dr Volckman and Dr Weld's Oxford house [including Volckman and Weld, wife, and daughter?] in the garden; Mr John Ingram's residence (Oxford); Eskhead, one image depicting Mr Kennedy with unidentified visitors, and another with the Kennedy family; Kaiapoi Vicarage; St John's Church (Rangiora), and [St Joseph?] Catholic Church, School, and Presbytery in Rangiora. Kaiapoi Woollen Mill, Oxford Public Library, Rangiora Post and Telegraph Office, and the Great Northern Hotel (Waikari) are other buildings of note. Military photographs include Kaiapoi, Rangiora, and Cust Volunteer Rifles, groups of unidentified officers, the performance of various military exercises, and parades (Queen's Jubilee). Other images include training camps at Kaiapoi, Springbank, Hillsborough, Purau, and Oamaru (Redcastle), Canterbury Rifle Volunteers' Challenge Shield, veterans, cadets, South African War departures and victory celebrations. Also image of troops in Bloemfontein, South Africa (1900). Events covered include celebrations surrounding the unveiling of the Ngai Tahu monument at Kaiapohia Pa site (Easter Monday 1899) by Premiere Richard Seddon, various weddings (Ms Winters, Stackwood and [Fear?], Smith and McDowell), the funeral of Mrs Wikitoria Mutu (Tuahiwi), Caledonian Society gatherings (Amberley and St Andrews), picnics, sports days, agricultural shows, Lyttelton Regatta, Brackenfield Hunt Club meeting, the opening of the rowing season on Avon River (Christchurch) and Kaiapoi River, stock sales, Women's Christian Temperance Union Convention at Kaiapoi, William Hall-Jones turning of the first sod of the Cheviot railway. River scenes include Kaiapoi River (featuring boats 'Rock Lily', 'Huon Belle', and 'Emma Sims'), Grey River, Waimakariri River (road and rail bridge, water supply), Ashley Gorge bridge, and the temporary rail bridge over Patterson's Creek. Rural scenes include livestock (sheep, pigs, ostriches, horses (both farming and military), dogs (Brackenfield hounds) and cattle). Farming scenes feature Whiterock Station and haymaking. Scenic images show Weka Pass and Lake Sumner. Also various copies of early images of North Canterbury and Auckland. Portraits include James Edward Fitzgerald, Mr Self and Lord Lyttelton, Paul Hiskins, E J Paul, Captain Caleb Whiteford, Captain Joseph Lowthian Wilson, Captain Thomas Millar, Surgeon H Compton Parsons, and Captain Williams. Group images include Rangiora Athletic Association Committee (all named), sports teams (men's and women's hockey, football, cricket), St Stephen's Church Choir (Tuahiwi), Kaiapoi Shakespeare Club, and Kaiapoi Brass Band. Also M J Dixon and G E Mannering on glacier during their attempted ascent of Mount Cook. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album, 36.8 x 28.8 cm

Date: 1924-1934

From: New Zealand Workers' Educational Association : Records

Reference: 90-386-4/01

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1911

By: Laugesen, Christian Louis, 1841-1915

Reference: MS-Papers-3860

Description: Reminiscences, 1872-1911, of Danish sawmiller at Oxford, Canterbury; refers to conditions of agricultural labourers, to economic difficulties of settlers and to European migrants in the Oxford area. Describes travels through both islands from 1890 and later residence in Auckland. Variations in title - "Diary of Christian Louis Laugesen", page 1 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (74 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Processing information: Pages 63 and 74 appear to be missing from the typescript and the microfilm does not have the missing pages